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Someone made a site that tells you if Travis Kalanick is still the CEO of Uber

Following a disastrous string of publicity blunders over the past several months, earlier today tainted Silicon Valley entrepreneur Travis Kalanick announced he will be stepping down from his role as a CEO at Uber. But it seems one mysterious netizen had seen this coming all along.

A week ago someone registered the bizarrely prophetic domain istravisstillceo.com. As the name gives out, the website has simply been set up to indicate whether Kalanick is still operating as the CEO of Uber – and it appears someone is yet to update the page.

Despite all of his shortcomings, Kalanick played a crucial role in building Uber from the ground up and turning it into the $70-billion behemoth that it is today. Unfortunately for him, Uber’s board of directors was no longer comfortable to leave the fate of the company in his hands.

Meanwhile, if you’re looking for a decent ‘THIS GUY!’ joke, we’ve got one from the distant 2013 for you: